Regional Planning and Purchasing Manager

Job Description: Responsible for developing and maintaining the mid-to-long-term production plan for a category of products / plants. This role ensures alignment between demand forecasts, production capacity, material availability, and inventory targets. This role will act as the key interface between Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Procurement, and Site Schedulers. The scope includes all aspects of demand planning, inventory distribution, and working with the facility so "top to bottom" information matches. Will support Sales and Operations Planning (S & OP) plans to deliver on annual and long-term financial goals. Engage with Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain leaders to evaluate forecasts vs. actual sales (volume, trends, and mix). Manage raw material and finished goods inventories to maintain order fill rates and minimize aged inventories. Manage Customer Orders to recognize trends, and make appropriate adjustments to accommodate customer demands, and communicate adjustments to appropriate teams. Consolidation of all plant production information (by SKU) into product groups, categorized by the S & OP. Engage with Plant Operations to confirm feasibility of meeting forecasts or to identify gaps. Facilitate discussions between Finance, Operations, Sales, and Marketing to develop mitigation plans for anticipated supply gaps. Facilitate all monthly Functional S&OP meetings, including supply and inventory reviews, and the end-of-process reviews with organizational executives on sales plans, issues, and mitigating actions. Develop new and/or improved tools to ensure timely measurement, reporting, and visibility to Product Supply status to all cross-functional stakeholders. Generation of S & OP reports. Maintain planning parameters (e.g., lead times, lot sizes, safety stocks) in the ERP system. Supervises 1 employee: Planning and Production Control Manager. Travel required domestically to the plant once every other month for 1 week (Council Bluffs, Booneville, and Columbia). Standard Company Benefits. Job Requirements: Requires a Bachelor's in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering Management, Engineering (any), or related field and 3 years of related experience. Must have some experience in each of the following skills: 1.ERP Systems and Planning Tools, including SAP APO/IBP, Kinaxis, and OMP; 2. Calculating capacity loads, model resource constraints, and perform scenario-based throughput optimization; 3.Inventory Management & Optimization using safety stock calculations, ABC analysis, and inventory turnover optimization; and use of modeling tools for stock level management; 4. Developing production schedules using demand forecasts, applying finite capacity scheduling, dispatching rules, and minimizing setup/changeover times; 5. Material Requirements Planning (MRP); and 6. Procurement and Supplier Management. Salary $145080 to 155080 / year To apply email resume to [email protected] referencing ID #008.